[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR1160.24]

[Page 405-406]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 1160_PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Strategic Partnership Initiative
 
Sec. 1160.24  Antitrust considerations.

    (a) The Department of Commerce will offer no opinion on the 
antitrust

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merits of the formation of any proposed Strategic Partnership. The 
Department may seek an opinion from the Antitrust Division of the 
Department of Justice as to whether a proposed Strategic Partnership 
would raise antitrust issues. Furthermore, the role played by the 
Department of Commerce confers no special immunity to any given 
Strategic Partnership.
    (b) Strategic Partnerships may be formed without any consultation 
with or involvement by the Department of Commerce; the purpose of the 
Strategic Partnership Initiative is to make the private sector aware of 
this vehicle and, where requested, conduct workshops to discuss the 
formation of such partnerships in general. Commerce will not select the 
technologies, the number of partnerships, or the specific firms in a 
given partnership.